Cyber Security Compliance Officer — career path

StationX Intermediate

The GRC career at its entry: keep the organisation on the right side of the standards and the regulators. Security+ and ITIL for the grounding, GRC and privacy for the substance, then ISO 27001 and CISA.

The path

Step 1 — Security foundation

The technical vocabulary compliance work is written in.

follows a certification path

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PathFollow the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) path — the certification compliance adverts list first

Step 2 — Service management

The process framework the controls you check are built on.

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PathFollow the ITIL 4 Foundation path — the second certification compliance adverts ask for

Step 3 — Governance, risk and compliance

Policies, controls, evidence — the compliance officer's daily work.

2 courses

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CourseGRC Fundamentals - Learn Governance, Risk, and Compliance 🔒 StationX Unlimited
8 sections · 28 lectures
1. Course Overview 2
2. Introduction 1
3. Introducing GRC 5
4. Risk Management 7
5. Compliance 5
6. Advancing GRC in an Organization 6
7. Conclusion 1
8. Audio Version of Training 1
CourseGovernance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) 🔒 StationX Unlimited
11 sections · 50 lectures
1. Training Overview 2
2. Introduction 3
3. Governance 6
4. Risk Management 6
5. Compliance 4
6. Internal Controls 13
7. Audit 4
8. Cybersecurity 4
9. Emerging Trends in GRC 4
10. Conclusion 3
11. Audio Version of Training 1

Free resources

FreeWhat is NIST 800-53?

Step 4 — Privacy and data protection

GDPR and privacy by design — the regulation most compliance roles carry.

2 courses

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CourseEU GDPR Foundations Course 🔒 StationX Unlimited
11 sections · 71 lectures
1. Training Overview 2
2. Introduction 1
3. Module 1: Privacy origins and GDPR basics 11
4. Module 2: Legitimate purposes and principles 6
5. Module 3: Transparency through Privacy Notice 5
6. Module 4: Inventory of processing activities and retention 8
7. Module 5: Consent and Data Subject Access Requests 9
8. Module 6: Data Protection Impact Assessment and risk assessments 9
9. Module 7: Security of personal data and privacy by design 6
10. Module 8: Data transfers and managing third parties 6
11. Module 9: Data breaches 8
CourseUltimate Privacy by Design MasterCourse (GDPR, CCPA etc) 🔒 StationX Unlimited
6 sections · 63 lectures
1. Section 1: Introduction 3
2. Section 2: Privacy by Design generalities and principles! 8
3. Section 3: Let's define a privacy by design Model! 16
4. Section 4: Privacy by Design Model - Data Oriented Strategies 14
5. Section 5: Privacy Analysis - The FAIR method for privacy risk 12
6. Section 6: Let's create the privacy by design Methodology! 10

Step 5 — The standard

Implement and audit against the standard you will be measured on.

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PathFollow the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Lead Implementer and Auditor path — lead implementer and auditor

Step 6 — The audit certification

The credential that opens the senior compliance and audit roles.

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PathFollow the CISA — Certified Information Systems Auditor path — the certification compliance and audit adverts converge on

Where this leads

CRISC — Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control — Advanced
CISM — Certified Information Security Manager — Advanced
Cyber Security Risk Manager — career path — Advanced

Advanced · after the job

The AI-Driven Cyber Security Compliance Officer

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